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0. H. JOHNSON. I ATTACHMENT FOR HEATING GURLING IRONS.

Patented May 21, 1895.

WlTNESSES mW m UNITED STATES 5 PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES H. JOHNSON, OF DERBY, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-THIRD TO JAMES R. BRINSMADE, OF SAME PLACE.

ATTACHMENT FOR HEATING CURLING-I RONS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of LettersPatent No. 539,684, dated May 21, 1895.

Application filed March 11, 1,895. Serial No. 541,242- (Ilo model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES H. JOHNSON, a citizen of the United States, residing at Derby, in the county of New Haven and State of Connecticut, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Attachments for Heat ing Curling-Irons; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact de scription of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention has for its object to produce an attachment adapted to be placed upon the top of a lamp chimney to hold a curling iron while the iron is being heated by the flame of the lamp. With this end in View I have devised the novcl attachment of which the following description in connection with the accompanying drawings is a specification, nu mbers and letters being used to designate the several parts.

Figure 1 is a side elevation of my novel curling-iron holder, showing the holder in place on the top of a pearl-top lamp-chimney and holding a curling-iron, the lamp-chimney and curling-iron being shown in dotted lines; Fig. 2, a plan View corresponding with Fig. 1, showing the curling-iron held in another position; Fig. 3, a front elevation showing the holder in place on a straight-top lamp-chimney; and Fig. 4 is-a plan view corresponding with Fig. 3 and illustrating certain modifications in the details of construction and also showing the curling-iron held in still another position.

1 denotes a lamp chimney whichmay be either a pearl top .chimney as indicated in Figs. 1 and 2 ora straight top chimney as indicated in Figs. 3 and 4, it being of course understood that the holder may be made in different sizes to accommodate diflierent sizes of chimneys but that a single size of holder is adapted to ordinary sizes of chimneys owing to the resiliency of the holder itself.

2 denotes a curling iron which is shown in Fig. 1 in the preferred one of the positions in which it may be placed conveniently for heating. 7

A denotes my novel curling iron holder which is made from a single piece of wire. Commencing at the center of the piece of wire and is then recurved and extends backward again forming the inner sides 6 of the wings, the ends of the piece of wire extending under or over bases 4 and being preferably curved partially around the bases so as to attach them thereto as at 7. The inner sides of the wings may or may not be provided with coils 8 for the purpose of giving still more resiliency to the wings and also to retain the operative portion of the curler in place by friction while being heated as clearly indicated in Fig. 4.

The operation will be clearly understood from'the drawings. It will be apparent that the resiliency of the wings will permit the holder to be attached to any ordinary sized lamp chimney. When used upon a pearl top chimney as in Figs. 1 and 2 the ends of the wings will lie in depressions in the top and will hold it securely in place. This means of retaining the holder in place is not necessary however, as the resiliency of the holder itself will retain it in place quite securely on a straight top chimney as indicated in Figs. 3 and 4. It will be obvious from the drawings that the outer sides 5 of the wings lie on the outer side of the chimney and that the inner sides 6 lie across the top of the chimney. The curling iron may be passed through eye 3 and allowed to rest upon the top of the chimney as in Fig. 2 orthe end may be passed down wire and consisting of a coil 3 and wings consisting of bases and inner and outer sides which are adapted to engage the top of alainp 15 chimney said inner sides being provided with coils 8 as and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

CHARLES H. JOHNSON. Witnesses:

CHARLES N. DOWNS, D. B. GIDDINGS. 

